| Rats used in laboratories at the University | | | | sugar replacements that mix maltodextrins |
| of Purdue, West Lafyatte in Indiana USA have | | | | with an intense sweetener to achieve |
| had a tendency of gaining more weight if they | | | | satisfactory texture sensation. |
| were exposed to food with artificial | | | | |
| sweetening substances. | | | | In the United States, five intensely-sweet |
| | | | sugar substitutes have been approved for use. |
| When you eat sugar, the body prepares itself | | | | They are saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, |
| for calories and makes release of chemicals | | | | neotame, and acesulfame potassium. There is |
| to handle this. When you eat artificial sugar | | | | some ongoing controversy over whether |
| and the calories are not present, you will | | | | artificial sweeteners are health risks. This |
| confuse the body. This can lead to obesity as | | | | controversy is fueled by anecdotal reports |
| you are tricked to eat more than usually of | | | | and sometimes controversial studies that have |
| normal sugar content food. | | | | gained publicity. There is also an herbal |
| | | | supplement, stevia, used as a sweetener. |
| Susan Swithers and Terry Davidson has in | | | | Controversy surrounds stevia's safety, |
| their research report published in Behavioral | | | | although natural, and there is a battle over |
| Neuroscience Journal dedicated information | | | | its approval as a sugar substitute. The |
| about these issues and state they can | | | | learning lesson has to be that one should not |
| document these phenomena's. At the same time | | | | over do the use of these "Diet" or "Light" |
| they agree it can be contradictory to | | | | products. Water is still the best source for |
| nutrition expert's advice on using light | | | | the body, and should be used, given the |
| variations of various consumer products | | | | access to good quality water of course. |
| available to us. | | | | |
| | | | According to nutrition experts one should |
| There are discrepancies amongst experts that | | | | avoid artificial sweeteners. The problematic |
| the recent research report from the US | | | | part of artificial sweeteners is that the |
| researcher is correct or not. However, some | | | | body gets tricked and gets a signal that |
| evidence is given by various research teams | | | | something sweet is entering the system, and |
| on animals and not humans. One seems not to | | | | that leads to drop in blood sugar which again |
| find this effect on humans when doing these | | | | increases the food intake. |
| lab researches. | | | | |
| | | | The problem is worse for those with weight |
| When the insulin level in the body increases, | | | | problems or has problems with unstable blood |
| the blood sugar level drops, and you have to | | | | sugar levels. Slim and well trained persons |
| eat and/or drink to get the blood sugar in | | | | will not notice the drop in blood sugar as |
| balance again. | | | | large as obese or inactive persons. |
| | | | |
| The artificial sweetening substance is | | | | Natural sweetening as Erytriol and Xylitol is |
| believed to affect the production level of | | | | preferred to artificial ones as well as |
| the insulin in the body. Some belive this | | | | trying to avoid the refined white sugar |
| effect is small however. Studies done on | | | | versus the less refined version. |
| humans have demonstrated that the calorie | | | | |
| intake is less if using the light variants | | | | Sugar and sweets can be addictive, even if |
| instead of the normal sugar based products. | | | | the need for sweets is inherited in our |
| | | | genes. Habits play an important role here |
| As for diabetics, there is another side to | | | | too, which is a trained behavior from |
| it. It is believed that these products would | | | | childhood and onwards. By eating and drinking |
| be a good alternative to diabetics and for | | | | lots of sweets, regardless of type, maintains |
| those who want to loose weight. | | | | a certain level of need for sweet consumer |
| | | | products. |
| The artificial sweeting substances used today | | | | |
| is very well proved; however there are | | | | Refined sugar types introduce lots of empty |
| discrepancies in opinions whether these | | | | energy to the body, which again can result in |
| substances can have a negative effect on the | | | | lower digestion, conversion, obesity and type |
| human body, especially the sweetening | | | | 2 diabetes. White sugar also act as a thief |
| substance. "Diet" or "light" products which | | | | of minerals and vitamins which again increase |
| contain artificial sweetenersoften have | | | | the chance of teeth illnesses, weak bone |
| notably different mouthfeel, or in table | | | | structure, and psychiatric illnesses.. |